Lost-wax casting – also called investment casting, precision casting, or cire perdue (French: [siʁ pɛʁdy]; borrowed from French) – is the process by which...

Investment casting is an industrial process based on lost-wax casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques. The term "lost-wax casting" can also...

of lost wax castings in numerous ancient civilizations. The lost wax process originated in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest known record of lost-wax casting...

prehistory as the first plastic, as a lubricant and waterproofing agent, in lost wax casting of metals and glass, as a polish for wood and leather, for making candles...

the name suggests, the lost-wax method is to use wax as a mold, and heat it to melt the wax mold and lose it, thereby casting bronze ware, making the...

lost-wax casting was never used to make large vessels, it became more and more popular between the late Eastern Zhou and Han dynasties. The lost-wax casting...

include lost-wax casting (which may be further divided into centrifugal casting, and vacuum assist direct pour casting), plaster mold casting and sand...

bronze casting in India. Making bronzes is highly skilled work, and a number of distinct casting processes may be employed, including lost-wax casting (and...

(also spelt Dokra) is non–ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years...

pattern instead of wax. This process takes advantage of the low boiling point of polymer foams to simplify the investment casting process by removing...

of ivory, among other materials. The metal pieces were made using lost-wax casting and are considered among the best sculptures made using this technique...

and fabric. Wax has been used since antiquity as a temporary, removable model in lost-wax casting of gold, silver and other materials. Wax with colorful...

into the lake. The figure was created between 1295 and 1410 AD by lost-wax casting in an alloy of gold with silver and copper. The raft was part of an...

Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300–1751 BC in the Indus Valley civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in...

silversmithing, goldsmithing, stone setting, engraving, fabrication, wax carving, lost-wax casting, electroplating, forging, & polishing. In general, an original...

December 2006) "Lost Wax, Found Bronze": lost-wax casting explained (archived 23 May 2009) "Flash animation of the lost-wax casting process". James Peniston...

or copper. The blacksmiths generally use silver and the so-called "lost wax" casting process without ever hammering the metal. These crosses are generally...

500–480 BCE) sphyrelaton lost popularity as lost-wax casting became the primary means of producing bronze sculpture. Lost-wax casting of bronze was achieved...

Centrifugal casting (industrial) Continuous casting Die casting Evaporative-pattern casting Full-mold casting Lost-foam casting Investment casting (Lost-wax casting)...

used in the lost wax casting process to create a final cast product. There are a wide variety of wax types used in the lost wax casting process. Generally...

Gas Porosity in Aluminum Casting, Compiled AFS Literature, March 2002 Campbell 2003, p. 197 Sias, Fred R (2005). Lost-wax Casting: Old, New, and Inexpensive...

more mature-looking of the two. Both sculptures were made using the lost wax casting technique. There is still debate on who found the statues. One theory...

sculptor living and working in Lewes, Delaware. She specializes in lost-wax casting in bronze. Visbal was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, the daughter of...

indirectly with Mesopotamia; all civilizations were very familiar with lost wax casting. According to a 2019 study, the BMAC was not a primary contributor...

Bellezza: Thogchags, Ancient Amulets of Tibet". www.asianart.com. The Lost-Wax Casting of Icons, Utensils, Bells, and Other Items in South India, R. M. Pillai...

(film), a 2013 Marathi film Investment casting, an industrial process based on and also called lost-wax casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming...

cut or 3D printed 'wax' pattern to be used in the rubber molding or lost wax casting processes. Once conceptual/ideation is complete, the design is rendered...

massive marble statue, following a lost original that was cast in bronze through a method called lost wax casting. It depicts a muscular, yet weary, Hercules...

examples of ancient metalworking. The drums, cast in bronze using the lost-wax casting method are up to a meter in height and weigh up to 100 kilograms (220 lb)...

and temples. Dhokra is non–ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years...